About us

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hello Laura Siren here president and CEO
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of Diabetes Canada i am delighted to
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share our organization's new strategic
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plan for 2026 to 2030 it builds upon the
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strong achievements Diabetes Canada has
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made over the past three plus years
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while also calling out new areas of
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focus for us let's dive in
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what is Diabetes Canada strategic plan
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from 2026 to 2030 well as I said our
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focus continues to be on improving the
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quality of life of people in this
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country who live with diabetes and how
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we're going to do that well we have what
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we call three game changers or big bets
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we're making the first is continue to be
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the trusted source and provider of
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knowledge whether that's to people who
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live with diabetes or their health care
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providers because we know when people
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who live with diabetes have more
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knowledge they actually leave healthier
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lives and this is what we want folks to
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do and not just them but their health
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care provider too and many people in
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Canada who live with diabetes um don't
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have specialists so they might see a
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pharmacist a nurse practitioner primary
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care so how do we make sure that all
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those folks have in hand the latest
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knowledge about good diabetes management
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the second game changer is focused on
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supporting and working with communities
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where diabetes rates are much higher
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that would include indigenous
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communities and several other
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communities including the black
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community the South Asian community and
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Southeast Asian community the third game
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changer is what we call change the
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conversation and what we know about
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diabetes is that stigma can be real that
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many people who live with diabetes
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experience blame and shame for that and
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we need to change that conversation so
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that people live with diabetes feel
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empowered to get the care they need
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there are three then drivers change
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drivers also in this plan and they're
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essential for us as well we will
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continue to fund research all kinds of
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research whether it's on prevention or
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care or cure because that's the bedrock
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of new knowledge in treating diabetes
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the second thing is advocacy we will
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continue to advocate for key issues
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whether it's at the federal level
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provincial level territorial level on
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things that people who live with
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diabetes care about access affordability
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equity and the third one is connection
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because we know and the research says
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that if you live with diabetes and you
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are more connected to other people you
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will do better with your disease so we
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run things like um diabetes camps for
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kids who live with type one or peer
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support groups and all of this of course
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is wrapped up with our values how are we
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going to make these changes well our
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values we call them ACIT uh agility
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collaboration excellence integrity and
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taking initiative and we want to do
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everything I've just talked about within
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those values strategic planning is a
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team exercise and I'm so grateful that
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this plan came together with input from
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a broad range of partners supporters and
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most importantly people who live with
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diabetes together we have created a
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clear roadmap to improve the quality of
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life for all those who live with
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diabetes in Canada i'm excited and
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energized as we set out on this next
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chapter together always with our shared
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collective vision a world free of the
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effects of diabetes thank you